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i . Ie t,I I I s I , 1· ', . .51 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1973 <, I- I'VE CENTS ~escerp pesen fed ,a rdt, orCwork.$W".7n food .1mdust p :x? ,,ok sed A isd as v3;z By Barb Moore research and industry. He cited Mr. Walter A. Mercer was "contributions to the field of presented the Underwood- food science" by Mercer, whose Prescott Memorial Award at a primary work has been in the luncheon at the MIT faculty area of canning and the utiliza- club last Tuesday. tion of water supplies for maxi- Mercer, the vice president of mum efficiency and while con- the National Canners Associ- sidering conservation. I ation, was chosen to receive this In his remarks at the sym- posium, Mercer called for a fed- ? award for his work in food production and abundance. eral land use program it order to I preserve the acreage of prime After the luncheon, a sym- farn land needed to support the posium was held in Kresge Audi- country's food supply. fie sug- i- Prof. Adler Prof. DresselhaLus Prof. Fano Photos by Tom YVidic torium to discuss "Ecology, the gested "long-term 11~~~~~~~~~~~ - ~~~and Sheldcon Louawental land use" to -W -1. -- II Environment and the Food In- t" cm use the land best suited for T'I17 T dustry New Horizons and Haz- . 11, farming for that purpose, rather NN,, --, to -I ards in Resource Management." than "airports, highways, shop- - qa b(sam El co"r, Other members of the panel ping centers and service facili- were Mr. Evan Binkerd, vice ties" that follout the advance- 'L', ]a "F L h,, a sacts 0 president of Armour Food Com- By Mike MclNamee contacted byThze Tech, discoun- then I'm the last one to know ment of urbanization. pany; Dr. The Tech has learned that the ted the possibility that she was a about it." Robert J. Dirmier, of Mercer felt that the public. as the U.S. Department of Agricul- Associate Hleads of the Electrical top candidate for the post. She Professor Wilbur Davenport, well as legal officials, should ture: and Engineeri n g Department, pointed out that her training chairman of the search commit- Dr. Robert Timmins, realize that the "first responsi- President of Arbor, In- Professor Mildred S. Dresselhaus "was actually in physics," and tee, would not comment on bility of the farmers and food corporated. and Ford Professor Robert M. noted that "'my research Fano's and Dresselhaus's role in processors of this nation is the Fano, are being considered as interests are not really central to the deliberations of the commit- Provost Walter A. Rosenblith production and distribution of the most likely candidates to the department." tee. role in the deliberations of made the presentation in cere- wholesome, nutritious foods in replace Professor Louis D. DresseThaus added that both the comnmittee. "Fano and monies attended by approxi- supplies adequate for the plea- Smullin as head of the depart- she and Fano would step down (Please turn to page 2) mately 250 scientists in food (Please turnz to page 2) mrnent when Smullin steps down as Associate Department Heads next June.(The Tech, '9/325). when Slnullin steps down, as it is ASr-,Q Sources within the depart- customary for the department sUo~to sonf $~ m.a7 ment have told The Tech that- head to pick his own associates. "but don't print that, it doesn't Fan. and Dresselhaus would "The department head needs By Paul Schindler during the disturbances of the sound too modest-" late 60's, probably head the list of names people who he can work well The MIT Campus Patrol, now MIT was already there. Olivieri's high opinion is that will be submitted to Dean with as associates," she stated. a co-ed organization serving a "A plumber carries a wrench, shared by his MuT supervisors, of the School of Engineering Fano stated that he expected co-ed organization, is a campus and electrician a torch, a police- and other area campus security Alfred Keil by the search that he would be considered: security force, not a home for mnan a gun," Olivieri noted, but forces. .committee after the committee "The associate heads of the retired police officers, according there is a big difference with The presence guns. finishes Its deliberations, probab- depar-tment are logical candi- to its chief. James Olivieri. of a woman on the ly by the end of next month. dates for such a post." He f)orce is exemplary too, in -vWe expect our people not to Affirmative Action terms. use Other names mentioned as added, however, that he did not Both of these aspects, and Har- them, except in case of real possibiiities were Professors know if his name would be given several others, make it extra- vard, for example, has no wo- threat to their own life." The Richard B. Adler and William M. special consideration. ordinary as security forces go. men. Campus Patrol requires every in- It wasn't a trivial matter to coming patrol person to sign a Siebert, both of the EE Depart- ''The committee is not "We are certainly one of the best introduce the first woman to the statement summarizing gun use ment. finished yet," Fano pointed-out, trained university police forces force; the height requirement rules. Professor Dresselhaus, when "and if they are considering me, in the country," Olivieri said, I had to be waived. But according The rules, more stringent to Olivieri, Maureen Tworney is than those applying to any city ~~~ H i922gmagO@ only the first. or state officer, include a pro- Since most women do not hibition against even so much as By Wendy Peikes discussed everything from bad many study groups with other meet the Patrol's needs, Olivieri a warning shot. Mary Rowe, Special Assistant manners and unions with secre- schools, studying sex roles in said, "we will train them our- A person's signature on the to the President and Chancellor taries to student concerns with society. selves." This means that he will form indicates that he knows, :on Wonlen and Work, spoke at their courses and career plans. Two accomplishments of her be cut off from the usual stan- understands and will follow the the regular meeting of the Many complaints deal with sex- office in the first seven months dards of previous experience, rules. Women's Forum last Monday. ism in one form or another- of its existence are the removal and will have to rely on a search Patrol officers are full-fledged Her topic was the work she had directly or indirectly, from being of the titles 'Mr.," "Mrs.," for "that certain attitude" which peace officers of the Common- 'accomplished "Miss," since she took of- propositioned to being discour- and "Ms." from rol makes a good patrol person. wealth of Massachusetts, and, are cards and fice in February. aged in career planning other official forms in Olivieri- has been with the legally empowered to make ar- the Rowe's job entails, among Registrars office, and the Patrol since it was founded in rests in their area of jurisdiction, LI 'other things, Many of the outsiders that removal of the term "his speaking to men or her" 1957, at least partially as an which is MIT property. They can and women consult Rowe come from other from the diploma. Rowe ex- who ask for her aid, outgrowth of troubles during also make "fresh pursuit" into attending universities, some as far away as plained that many women found seminiars, and address- 1956 with unsympathetic Cam- neighboring localities and arrest ing groups on Princeton. Rowe is involved in these terms offensive. fields for which bridge Police Officers on cam- someone who is suspected of she is responsible. pus. committing a crime at MIT. Before her appointment at "There were major confron- FBI Co-operation MIT, Rowe was employed as a tations over minor incidents at There is a system of mutual iconsultant economist. She con- that time," is how he described assistance between the Campus centrated much of her efforts in the situation. "MIT had two Patrol and other police agencies, 'the area of child care. patrols and one cruiser. We've as well as the FBI, but it is not come Rowe summed up her accom- a long way since then." as insidious as critics would have plishments at the Institute by The Patrol, in Olivieri's view, it. I presenting an explanation of her " meets the special needs for "In terms of informa- wyork load in an average week. personal understanding" in the tion," Olivieri said, "we only tell On the average, in one week she university community. thern what they could get by will have 35 appointments, write Yet they have always carried walking into the Information 'one article and one book review, guns, because of the ever-present office. Nothing else. All we are and one radio program. potential for violence in any doing is saving them a trip over." l Rowe stated that, out of the urban situation. Thus, while Asked about Campus Patrol 35 groups and individuals that many campuses had to make the assistance to FBI agents who ugly move of arming patrolmen schedule appointments in the arrested an MIT student last year Iaverage week, five are men or Howard W. Davis, general on a draft charge, he said that 1, men's groups; twenty are women manager of the Harvard Co- the Patrol is legally bound to pr women's groups; and the re- operative Society, announced assist another police agency with mnaining ten are members of the earlier this week that mem- a legal warrant.